Smyrna times., 1887-08-24

Hog cholera is RAGING oro,,,5 g
} tba;. some farmers have lost aI
snread;n d; Inc disease is rapidly
cbarcoaI Give the hogs plenty O.
tbe;, oSal SsIj ana use carbOlic acid both in
snr;nl-IoyS -S ana mixed with water and
Tbis TbiuHieu = around and in the pens
ms is a preventative. P0"S
=, ! ! ne ne sale of privileges for Kent conn.
agricultural fair took Dlace on a.
lair grounds at Worton On NonSn', o
Saiternoon, resulting as follows .|Pr;";.
lege OF dining and lunch room S40 ~
oyster stand, $4,000; ice cream coISo.
o;a'o onu canuy, S4l.OO; cream taffy, sol .OO
cigars, tobacco and temperance dr;nSs
TsO'OS To ", peanut stand, $1,000; horse
benjamin E. Cook, of Church Hill
PuIchased poor Queen Anne's county
I'iaI rJan lew years ago for $500 and
lanteu IL down in peach trees. He
nas since offered to sell it for $500 hnt
no one would buy. This farm is one
vi Cne lew now loaded with fruit. Mr.
SoUk expects to get fully five thousand
baskets, which will yield him n not
PrOht OF about ten times as mucb ~
Une Iarm cost him. 80
The barn, carriage house and ou.4L
out-buildings on the farm oU,,'n5 's,j Vtle
III u'oi Jones' situated near Kennedy
LIS kHole' were burned Sunday night be-
;TIN ;TTTIvween ~ and IL O'Clock. The tenant
Anomas Vandyke, loses all his cronS
oi OF wheat, oats and hay and about I60
ousnels OF potatoes. The crops were
not insured; it is not known whether
!he buildings were insured. The barn
Is supposed to have been set on fire
There has been great fatality amono
horses IN the upper section of Cecil |
county and the farmers are oreatIu
alarmed. The disease resembles Inng
ieVer. Samuel Haddock. neor -
M mas lost horse and valuable mule ond
ihomas Fassitt three horses. Dennis
Mullln and Samuel H. Miller have ios9
norses by the same disease. r nm
0ar, liveryman, of ElIton lost q boIuo
Thursday night, but it is NOT tbonmS1 UrS4
from lung fever. "U
w: A. Whitaker's block at GaIeno
consisting of three buildings--a oeneroi
store, dwelling and a furnisbino etor..
was totally destroyed by fire on Sat
urday afternoon. a portion of the con.
tents OF each building was saved A
5onIrai cOnnagration was only averted
Oy the hardest kind of work bv over q
willing hands, favorable wind
ma ~ sllght fall of rain. The loss will
All neavlly on Whitaker, who is only
partially insured. w. A. Wilsoni,
tore, adjoining Whitaker's. was ON
Ire several times and the contents were
considerably damaged by water.I
a severe rain and wind storm swent
,ver SharptOwn, Wicomico conntv
ihuTsday night of last week TIE
lOud came over from the west and
vas most severe at about 9 O'clock
rees were blown up by the roots
mos scattered in various directions
himney tops broken OIL and the orovy'
lg corn in the country surrou1dino
ne town laid fat. Vessels living af
nchOr in the harbOr were forced bv
ne winds high and dry on the river
anks. The twO-story dwelling of
nos. j. SauerhOf was unroofed. The
ntIre eastern side of the building was
'rn up and blown off in sheets II
as The most violent and terrific storm c
lat has visited SharptOwn for several
ears 81
samuel Harvey, who purchased the U
.ch"ls property, at Centreville, about g
year ago, has one of the finest cron
potatoes that was ever grown in that
eilghborhOOd, or any other, the Weld
'lng ABOUT 300 bushels on three-6uar-
rs OF an acre of land. They are of
e Burbank variety, remarkably
nooth, fine and require little or no Y
rtlng for market. Such a croD of
'tatoes is worth boasting about. and
i 1t was produced without extra
Tort or any uncommon appliance
piece of cOrnstalk ground was broken
and the planting took place in the 2S
-rk OF the moon, about the middle
April. About 80 pounds of bone 20
a an equal amount of South Carolina q
OK were used, no stable manure
otner matter being applied. The te'
ound was kept well cultivated. ne pa
r; Harvey believes in good tillage. tn
d the result is a crop in which he NAV pa
ry properly feel much qualification. at